--- noip2.c.old	2015-01-06 14:47:18.998335680 -0200
+++ noip2.c	2015-01-06 14:47:36.957335245 -0200
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@
 	+	added -f flag to run in foreground
 	+	patch suggested by rogi@skylittlesystem.org
 
+	+	January 2015 (dota? =op)  version 2.1.9-1
+	+	hack to make foreground mode work as expected
+	+	patch suggested by rogi@skylittlesystem.org
+
 */			
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////                                            
 
@@ -352,6 +356,7 @@
 int	debug			= 	0;
 int	timed_out		=	0;
 int	background		=	1;	// new default
+int	foreground_hack		=	0;	// FIXME: hack s2
 int	port_to_use		=	CLIENT_IP_PORT;
 int	socket_fd		=	-1;
 int	config_fd		=	-1;
@@ -744,7 +749,8 @@
 			shm_dump_active++;
 			break;
 		case 'f':
-			background=0;
+			background=1;
+			foreground_hack=1;
 			break;
 		default:
 			Usage();
@@ -1031,7 +1037,8 @@
 	char	*err_string;
 	static int startup = 1;
 
-	x = fork();
+	/* FIXME: hack s2 */
+	x = foreground_hack ? 0 : fork();
 	switch (x) {
 	    case -1:		// error
 		err_string = strerror(errno);
@@ -1043,13 +1050,23 @@
 		setsid();
 		if (get_shm_info() == FATALERR)	
 		    return FATALERR;
-		log2syslog++;
-		if (log2syslog > 0)
-		    fclose(stderr);
-		fclose(stdout);
-		fclose(stdin);
-		syslog(LOG_INFO, "v%s daemon started%s\n", 
-			VERSION, (nat) ?  " with NAT enabled" : "");
+
+		/* FIXME: hack s2 */
+		if (foreground_hack) {
+			printf("v%s daemon started%s\n", 
+				VERSION, (nat) ?  " with NAT enabled" : "");
+		}
+
+		else {
+			log2syslog++;
+			if (log2syslog > 0)
+			    fclose(stderr);
+			fclose(stdout);
+			fclose(stdin);
+			syslog(LOG_INFO, "v%s daemon started%s\n", 
+				VERSION, (nat) ?  " with NAT enabled" : "");
+		}
+
 		while (background) {
 		    delay = MAX(60, my_instance->interval * 60);
 		    if (nat)
@@ -1089,7 +1106,14 @@
 		    if (background)	// signal may have reset this!
 			Sleep(delay);
 		}
-                syslog(LOG_INFO, "v%s daemon ended.\n", VERSION);
+
+		/* FIXME: hack s2 */
+		if (foreground_hack)
+			printf("v%s daemon ended.\n", VERSION);
+
+		else
+			syslog(LOG_INFO, "v%s daemon ended.\n", VERSION);
+
 		break;
 	}
 	return SUCCESS;